Creative Manager, Sport in London

At The Weber Shandwick Collective, you are welcomed, valued and empowered to grow. We create cultural value and help brands navigate the ever-changing age of earned: an age where consumers actively say no to advertising; an age where everyone is an influencer that can make or break your brand; an age where content can be turned into commercial opportunity. Our talented team builds brands by finding connection points in the real world.

We energise the right mix of talent, using the right platforms and latest technology to choreograph stories that make a real and meaningful impact for some of the world’s leading brands and businesses. We earn affection, attention, affinity and purchase by delivering value to people around the world, with deep specialisms across food & drink, travel & tourism, consumer tech, consumer health, automotive, sports sponsorship, entertainment & lifestyle and energy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the production of experiential campaigns, activations, events, installations and brand experiences from concept through to delivery.
• Work closely with the Creative Department and Designers to understand creative ambition and develop practical production solutions.
• Partner with Client teams to ensure projects are delivered against agreed objectives, timelines and budgets.
• Develop production plans, timelines, budgets and schedules, managing projects through each stage of delivery.
• Identify and brief the most appropriate trusted production partners, building long-term relationships where possible.
• Manage external production partners, suppliers, fabricators and technical specialists to deliver high-quality work.
• Build and maintain a strong network of preferred production partners across experiential, fabrication, technical and event production.
• Manage budgets, quotations, costs and production spend, ensuring projects are delivered commercially.
• Coordinate multiple workstreams and stakeholders across complex projects and tight timelines.
• Support creative development and pitches with production expertise, feasibility, supplier knowledge and indicative costs.
• Oversee production through to installation, live delivery and de-rig, ensuring the creative vision is delivered to the required standard.
• Ensure appropriate insurance, compliance and production cover is in place across all projects.
• Maintain clear communication across Creative, Design, Client and external production teams throughout the project lifecycle.

Experience Required:

• Experience as a Creative Producer within an agency environment, ideally across experiential, integrated or brand experience.
• Proven experience delivering physical brand experiences, activations, events, installations or pop-ups.
• A strong understanding of the creative development process and how ideas are translated into physical experiences.
• Confident working with creative teams and contributing production thinking from an early stage.
• Experienced in briefing and managing third-party suppliers and production partners.
• Strong project management, organisational and commercial skills.
• Calm, proactive and solutions-focused, with the ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities.
• A strong network and understanding of the experiential production landscape.
• Passionate about delivering high-quality creative work and exceptional experiences.

Join us and help make an impact. At Weber Shandwick we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance. Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent.